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	Samuel Adams (1722-1803) — also known as "The Tribune of the People"; "The Cromwell of New England"; "Determinatus"; "The Psalm Singer"; "Amendment Monger"; "American Cato"; "Samuel the Publican" — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 27, 1722. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1781; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1788; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1789-94; Governor of Massachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, 1796. Congregationalist. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 2, 1803 (age 81 years, 5 days). Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Adams and Mary (Fifield) Adams; married 1749 to Elizabeth Checkley; married 1764 to Elizabeth Wells; uncle of Joseph Allen; granduncle of Charles Allen; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who married Alfred Cumming) and William Vincent Wells; second cousin of John Adams; second cousin once removed of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); second cousin twice removed of George Washington Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and John Milton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of Edward M. Chapin, John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second cousin four times removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Chapin, Arthur Laban Bates, Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954) and Almur Stiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed of Charles Grenfill Washburn, Lyman Metcalfe Bass, Emerson Richard Boyles and Thomas Boylston Adams; third cousin of Samuel Huntington; third cousin once removed of Samuel H. Huntington and Caleb Cushing; third cousin twice removed of Willard J. Chapin, Erastus Fairbanks, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Elisha Mills Huntington, Charles Adams, Jr., James Brooks and Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Alphonso Taft, Benjamin W. Waite, George Otis Fairbanks, Austin Wells Holden, Horace Fairbanks, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor (1820-1910), Franklin Fairbanks, Edgar Weeks and Arthur Newton Holden; third cousin four times removed of John Quincy Adams (1848-1911).   Political family: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   Mount Sam Adams, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Samuel Adams (built 1941, scrapped 1966) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Samuel Adams: Donald Barr Chidsey, The World of Samuel Adams
	John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as "His Rotundity"; "The Duke of Braintree"; "American Cato"; "Old Sink and Swim"; "The Colossus of Independence"; "Father of the American Navy" — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., October 30, 1735. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1781-88; Great Britain, 1785-88; Vice President of the United States, 1789-97; President of the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., July 4, 1826 (age 90 years, 247 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.   Relatives: Son of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams (1699-1797); married, October 25, 1764, to Abigail Smith (1744-1818; aunt of William Cranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813; who married William Stephens Smith) and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); grandfather of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed of Edward M. Chapin; first cousin four times removed of Arthur Chapin; first cousin six times removed of Denwood Lynn Chapin; second cousin of Samuel Adams; second cousin once removed of Joseph Allen; second cousin twice removed of John Milton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of William Vincent Wells; second cousin four times removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Laban Bates and Almur Stiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed of Charles Grenfill Washburn, Lyman Metcalfe Bass and Emerson Richard Boyles; third cousin once removed of Jeremiah Mason and George Bailey Loring; third cousin twice removed of Asahel Otis, Erastus Fairbanks, Charles Stetson, Henry Brewster Stanton, Charles Adams, Jr., Isaiah Stetson, Joshua Perkins, Eli Thayer and Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Caleb Stetson (1801-1885), Oakes Ames, Oliver Ames, Jr., Benjamin W. Waite, Alfred Elisha Ames, George Otis Fairbanks, Austin Wells Holden, Horace Fairbanks, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Joseph Washburn Yates, Augustus Brown Reed Sprague, Franklin Fairbanks, Erskine Mason Phelps, Arthur Newton Holden, John Alden Thayer, Irving Hall Chase, Isaiah Kidder Stetson and Giles Russell Taggart.   Political families: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Kidder family of Connecticut (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   Adams counties in Idaho, Iowa, Miss., Neb., Ohio, Pa., Wash. and Wis. are named for him.   Mount Adams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: John Adams Harper — John A. Cameron — John A. Dix — John Adams Fisher — John A. Taintor — John A. Gilmer — John A. Perkins — John Adams Hyman — John A. Damon — John A. Lee — John A. Sanders — John Adams Hurson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about John Adams: John Ferling, John Adams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis, The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams — David McCullough, John Adams — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — James Grant, John Adams : Party of One   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	Benjamin W. Waite (1811-1891) — also known as Benjamin W. Wait — of Scio Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., October 13, 1811. Farmer; supervisor of Scio Township, Michigan, 1843-44, 1845-47, 1848-49, 1850-51; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850. Died in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., 1891 (age about 79 years). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Waite (1784-1821) and Polly (Whedon) Waite; married, May 24, 1834, to Lois Ann Hicks (1814-1892); father of Benjamin W. Waite, Jr.; uncle of David E. Waite; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams, John Adams and Randolph Appleton Kidder (1913-1996).   Political families: Kidder family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Appleton family of Massachusetts; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Benjamin W. Waite, Jr. (1838-1914) — of Scio Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in New York, November 18, 1838. Republican. Supervisor of Scio Township, Michigan, 1882-83; defeated, 1896. Died in Scio Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 20, 1914 (age 75 years, 214 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin W. Waite and Lois Ann (Hicks) Waite (1814-1892); married 1862 to Electa J. Chapin (1844-1907); first cousin of David E. Waite (1853-1923).   Political family: Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
	David E. Waite (1853-1923) — of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Putnam Township, Livingston County, Mich., June 7, 1853. Republican. Farmer; supervisor of Scio Township, Michigan; elected 1919. Died in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 11, 1923 (age 70 years, 34 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, Mich.   Relatives: Son of David H. Waite and Eleanor (Forshee) Waite (1826-1853); married, December 5, 1877, to Ida M. Litchfield; nephew of Benjamin W. Waite; first cousin of Benjamin W. Waite, Jr.; first cousin once removed of Ray Louis Forshee (1884-1974) and Frank J. Forshee.   Political family: Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Ray Louis Forshee (1884-1974) — also known as Ray L. Forshee — of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Michigan, March 19, 1884. Democrat. Clothing salesman; candidate for supervisor of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1941. Irish and German ancestry. His legs were amputated due to arteriosclerosis. Died, of pneumonia, in Whitehall Convalescent Center, Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., January 5, 1974 (age 89 years, 292 days). Interment at St. Thomas Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.   Relatives: Son of John Henry Forshee (1854-1941) and Virginia (Cowan) Forshee (1857-1933); brother of Frank J. Forshee (1896-1991); married to Ida Dorothy Lerg (1887-1982); first cousin once removed of David E. Waite.   Political family: Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
	Frank J. Forshee (1896-1991) — of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 10, 1896. Democrat. Farmer; candidate for supervisor of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940. Irish and German ancestry. Died, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., January 15, 1991 (age 94 years, 219 days). Cremated.   Relatives: Son of John Henry Forshee (1854-1941) and Virginia (Cowan) Forshee (1857-1933); brother of Ray Louis Forshee; first cousin once removed of David E. Waite (1853-1923).   Political family: Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
	Randolph Appleton Kidder (1913-1996) — of Andover, Essex County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., July 6, 1913. U.S. Vice Consul in Montreal, as of 1938-39; Sydney, as of 1940-41; U.S. Consul in Pará, as of 1944-46; U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, 1964-65. Died in Washington, D.C., January 4, 1996 (age 82 years, 182 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Alfred Vincent Kidder (1885-1963; archaeologist) and Madeleine (Appleton) Kidder (1891-1981); married, February 5, 1938, to Dorothy Douglas Robinson (1917-1995); grandnephew by marriage of Henry Hinckley Stafford; second great-grandson of James Appleton; second great-grandnephew of Nathan Dane Appleton; third great-grandson of Gurdon Huntington; third great-grandnephew of Henry Huntington; fourth great-grandson of Benjamin Huntington; first cousin thrice removed of John Appleton (1815-1864); first cousin four times removed of Nathan Appleton, William Appleton and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; first cousin five times removed of John Davenport and James Davenport; second cousin once removed of Fannie Kidder Tyler; second cousin thrice removed of John Appleton (1804-1891); second cousin four times removed of Theodore Davenport; second cousin five times removed of Samuel Huntington and Abel Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin W. Waite; fourth cousin of William Vinson Kidder (1881-1934); fourth cousin once removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton.   Political family: Kidder family of Connecticut (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial